skeetab5780
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So after being into ebikes for a good 7 years and spending countless thousands of dollars on tons of cheap junk on ebay. I decided to take the plunge and finally buy a decent purpose built ebike frame, the FLX Beta! I have had at least a dozen other bikes and for the most part I hated them all. A few of the memorable ones would have to be the GT Avalanche 3.0 custom build, the Motobecane Fantom, the Tidalforce S-750, the EBIKE from Lee Iacocca and of course the Genesis Farfle v2100(props to Farfle and DanGT for making those swings) The biggest problem I had with almost every bike was where the heck do you put the batteries? I thought I solved this problem with the EBIKE purpose built frames, but they are fairly heavy and small for me (6' 3") and did not allow for rear suspension.
Slow progress so far on the FLX Beta, but i'm working thru it! Got my shock in the mail but the bushings/sleeves are the wrong size. I will have to dremmel them a little bit. Also I have to order the correct seat post size since this one was odd for my collection. One thing to note is that you need to mount the shock before the seat assembly. There is not enough clearance for the allen bolt to get thru the triangle, I wasted a little time on that. The first bottom bracket I put on was off a regular MTB and my crank arms were hitting the side cover allen bolt heads. I have since put on a wider one from sickbikeparts and it worked good.
Im worried about the rear tire clearance since I have a 19" moto wheel/tire. Hopefully it will fit as is. I decided to use my lighter hub which is a 48v 1000w clone motor on a 26" double walled rim.
Forks are all I have at the moment, they are a little old but still work nice, They are 2004 Marzocchi Super T PRO's with a 20mm thru axle hub. That front tire will be swapped with a CST Cyclops, and possibly the back tire also to raise it up a little more.
Slow progress so far on the FLX Beta, but i'm working thru it! Got my shock in the mail but the bushings/sleeves are the wrong size. I will have to dremmel them a little bit. Also I have to order the correct seat post size since this one was odd for my collection. One thing to note is that you need to mount the shock before the seat assembly. There is not enough clearance for the allen bolt to get thru the triangle, I wasted a little time on that. The first bottom bracket I put on was off a regular MTB and my crank arms were hitting the side cover allen bolt heads. I have since put on a wider one from sickbikeparts and it worked good.
Im worried about the rear tire clearance since I have a 19" moto wheel/tire. Hopefully it will fit as is. I decided to use my lighter hub which is a 48v 1000w clone motor on a 26" double walled rim.
Forks are all I have at the moment, they are a little old but still work nice, They are 2004 Marzocchi Super T PRO's with a 20mm thru axle hub. That front tire will be swapped with a CST Cyclops, and possibly the back tire also to raise it up a little more.